Whip-socket



(N0 Model.)

T. N. BISHOP.

WHIP SOCKET.

`Patented 13e-0.3, 1889.

.fill- UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

TIIEODORE N. BISHOP, OF LUZERNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 416,321, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed June 7, 1888. Serial No. 276,402.' (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, THEoDoRE N. BISHOP, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Luzerne, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improveln ents in a Combination Vhip-Socket and Rein-Holder; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object certain improvements in Whip-soekets and rein-holders, being a combination of the two, and hereinafter described In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is the invention ready to be attached to the dashboard; Fig. 2, the rein-holder and cap to the whip-socket; Fig. 3, the body of the whip-socket; Fig. 4, the lower fastener; Fig. 5, the upper fastener, and Fig. 6 a detail.

Referring to the letters marked on the drawings, A represents the elongated cylindrical cup-holder, preferably provided with a reduced lower end carrying the cushion Z for the end or butt of the whip. This holder A is provided at points with the clips or fasteners c, carrying screws a,'which latter are adapted to secure the holder to the dashboard or other part of the vehicle. The fasteners c are each provided with the clasps d, which latter embrace the holder A and are secured thereto, as hereinafter described.

The body A is provided near its upper end with the lug e for the reception of the screw b of the upper fastener and with the lug g, having a beveled upper end, over which the bent end of spring f passes when the upper cap B, carrying the rein-holder C, is placed in position, with undercut side edges to receive correspondingly-beveled sides of the depending portion 7c of the cap B, and with a transverse slot to receive the lower end of spring f. The body A is also provided with ribs n, between which the upper fastener rests, and ribs p, between which the lower fastener rests, the upper ribs n being cut away on one side t0 permit the depending portion k of the rein-holder C to rest snugly p against the body.

The body of the whip-socket, screw-receiver e, and lug g, vas represented in Fig. 3, may be cast in one solid piece, or said body may be made of tin or other light metal, and the screw-receiver and lug made separately and then attached to the same.

The lever h, which is designed to clamp the reins, is pivoted at j to the depending portion 7c of the rein-holder C, and is held in normallyclosed position by spring f. This lever and the portion 7c of the rein-holder and cap B are preferably made of cast metal, t-he cap B and part 7o being integral.

The bodies of the fasteners are castings, and clasps d d are riveted to them, the clasp represented in Fig. A having attached toit a piece of met-al in which is bored a threaded hole,

and the one represented in Fig. 5 being bent at the end not riveted to the body.

Rubber t' is placed on the top of the body of the whip-socket, and the cap is let down over the same, and the inner upper portion of the cap, projecting out, makes said rubber secure. The, cap and the body of the reinholder being cast in one solid piece, as the cap is being put in place of course that part of the rein-holder made with it slides down against the body of the whip-socket until the depending portion K of the rein-holder C rests against and unlaps the lug g. The spring f is put in place with the bent end itting in the groove of lug g. The lever 7L is fastened in place by means of rivet j, and the spring being placed as aforesaid, and ribs n n fitting up against both sides of the depending portion k of the rein-holder, fastens the saine and the whip-socket perfectly secure to each other.

The fasten ers, as represented in Figs. 4 and 5, are attached to the dash-board by means of screws a a, the first-named at the bottom and the other at the top.

Clasps d d are placed around the body of the whip-socket, one between ribs n n and the other between ribs p p, the lower one being fastened by means of screw b, as shown in Fig. 4, and the upper one .by means of IOO screw m, as shown in Fig. 5, and the bent end of the clasp being enlbedded in the whip socket.

My device is attached to the dash-board so that the reinholder is on the inner side. The whip rests on cushion and held down by rubber z'. By drawing,l the reins down between lever 71. and the body of the rein-holder they are made secure by means of spring f, and at the same time can be easily and qnickl y released by pulling them upward.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new isl. The combination of a whip-socket having a lug thereon, the latter having undercut sides and a groove, 01:' a cap having a depending portion, the latter being recessed to receive the lug on the socket and provided with beveled edges nnderlapping the undercut sides of the lug, a lever pivoted t0 said depending portion ol the cap, and a spring one end of which rests in the groove in the lug, substantially as set forth.

The combination, with the socket. having ribs cutaway for the passage et' the depending portion ol the cap and lug, the latter having undercut side edges and a transverse groove, of the. eap having a depending section, the latter provided with beveled lips underlapping the undercut edges of the lug, a lever pivoted to said depending portion of the cap, and a spring one end of which rests in the transverse groove in the lug, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TIIEODORE N. BISHOP.

Witnesses:

C. C. DILCER, E. D. NIeHoLs. 

